Alan Chircop’s repertoire is very wide ranging and apart from an extensive symphonic and concerto repertoire, he has directed several opera productions, contemporary music premieres and also different genres arranged for symphonic orchestras.
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In 1993 he obtained the Diplome de Fin d’Etudes in pianoforte with distinction at the Conservatoire Regional de Musique in Lyon (France). He pursued his studies at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Music Academy in Leipzig (Germany) obtaining two Masters Degrees: in Pianoforte under the tutorship of Prof. Christoph Taubert (1994-2001) and Orchestral Direction with Prof. Gert Bahner (1997-2003). He also followed a one-year specialization course in Orchestral Direction with Prof. Uros Lajovic at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna (Austria).

Alan Chircop was also the Founder and Principal of the Euro Academy of Music and Arts in Malta, Artistic Director of the Virtuoso Classics Concert Series, and Artistic Director of the Renaissance Cultural Foundation and Principal of the Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Malta.

Since 2014, he is the Artistic Director of the European Foundation for Support of Culture, organising many festivals, competitions and events around the world and often serves as jury member of international music competitions. He is also the artistic director of New Names Malta - National Music Competition.

Nadia has also played with various foreign orchestras. In 1995 and 1996, she was selected as a violin member of the Orchestre Des Jeunes de la Méditerranée for two consecutive years, and with this orchestra she took part in concerts in various cities around the Mediterranean. In 1999, she played with Michail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Romania, and in 2002 she took part in a performance of the whole Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelungs with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, in Limerick and Birmingham Symphony Hall. Furthermore, during her professional years, she has been asked as a guest viola with various orchestras, namely the European Union Orchestra and Italia International Orchestra, under the direction of Ion Marin and Fabio Luisi.

Her music formation began in 1984 when she started violin studies with Joseph Psaila. She later continued with Mario Bisazza and Bulgarian violinist Joachim Atanassov at the Johann Strauss School of Music. During her school studies she performed Mozart Violin Concerto No.3, as a soloist with the School of Music Orchestra. Years later she also began studying the viola, and in 2018 she obtained a Fellowship from the London College of Music, under the supervision of Michael Laus.

Meanwhile, in 2003 she began specializing in Baroque violin performance in London with Kati Debrentzeni. In 2009, Nadia also followed an audition course and masterclass with the European Union Baroque Orchestra, after which she was chosen to play in various concert tours across Europe. She was also a member of the New Century Baroque Orchestra, with which she toured for concerts and also played in CD recordings of Haydn (Nelson Mass) and Mozart (Requiem and Clarinet Concerto). Throughout her career, Nadia has played with many prestigious musicians, including Chiara Banchini, Bojan Cicic, Margaret Faultless, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Mira Glodeanu, Edward Higginbottom, Petra Müllejans, Enrico Onofri, Anton Steck and Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

As a soloist Etienne appeared at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall, at some of the finest venues in Malta as well as a few more in central Europe. During the Edinburgh International Festival of 2006, Etienne took a solo part in Schumann's Konzertstück for 4 horns accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Later that year he also particiapted as soloist with the purpously-formed European Brandenurg Ensemble by Trevor Pinnock in recording Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.1. Etienne has also performed for several times both of the Strauss concertos with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato' of Paris and the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.

Over the years Etienne has also recorded two solo albums for the record label 'divine art', one is named 'Fantasie', which album features the 'Fantasie Sonata for Horn and Piano' dedicated to him by his dear composer friend the late Charles Camilleri, and the other named 'Mdina'. Etienne is also a founder member of 'Carnyx Brass'.

In his free time Etienne keeps very active as a sportler, mainly as a cyclist in which he has comparatively come on a long way in a relatively short space of time.

A symphonic serie with important soloists have been organized at the Franco Theatre in Kyiv, with a great welcome by the audience and specialized critic.

Kyiv Virtuosi perform and tour around the world, and are starting a very vast and intense recording schedule for Naxos Records, with Chamber Symphonies by Shostakovich and Silvestrov among others.